"За столом много людей ."

Translation: There are many people at the table.

[Mactuary1]

How can we distinguish between "at" and "behind" if we see "за"? За банком, за дверью are both translated as behind the bank and behind the door.

[Oemerich]

after two year's i'm also still curious. :)

[kpferdeort]

The only way I can can think of is to throw in the word "literally" hehe.

Мы были буквально за столом!

We were literally behind the table! (I'm picturing a western - style gunfight breaking out and people turning the tables on their sides, then diving behind them hehe)

[Ivan4Duo]

How would you translate the sentence "There are many people behind the table"?

[7C5y2]

What a great party!!

[Mike95816]

"At the table are a lot of people." & "Behind the table are a lot of people." are both wrong???

[Theron126]

За столом generally means "at the table" rather than "behind the table". "At the table are a lot of people" sounds unnatural in English, but it's not really wrong, so I'd report it.

[GoronUK]

When you say it generally means at rather than behind, is "behind the table" still a correct translation? Or is there a different translation for "behind the table"?